Revelations,   Tha  epistle 
of  Nathan  the  v;ise. 


UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA 

AJ   LOS  ANGELES 


HBVSLATIONS. 


The  EPISTLE  of  NATHAN  the  WISE. 


Nathan  the  Wise,  Sons  son  of  he  that  spake  the  Parable  of  the 
Tliree  Rings,  whereof  the  Scribe,  Les  Sing,  sang  unto  the  Tribes  of 
the  Old  World. 

To  the  People  of  the  New  World,  to  all  that  dwell  in  the  Land  of 
Column  By-her.     Greeting: 

Let  Prosperity  come  and  abide  with  you,  and  let  the  pursuit  of 
happiness  be  the  birthright  of  your  children's  children  forevermore. 

I  salute  you  not  in  the  name  of  Peace,  for  there  is  not  Peace,  and 
Stagnation  stills  the  Loom. 

For  ye  have  heard  One  come  from  the  Temple  of  Teaching,  testi- 
fying all  was  Peace,  even  while  the  water  wheels  stood  still,  and  the 
Miller's  child  cried  for  bread. 

No  man  mistaketh  Prosperity  even  in  the  night. 

Behold  these  Revelations.  Not  ye  who  cry  the  cry  of  Cain,  but 
ye  who  feel  when  your  kinsman  faileth,  and  also  ye  that  meet  upon 
the  Level  and  part  upon  the  Square,  read  thei^e  things  which  are 
written  concerning  the  three  Par-Ties ;  that  which  has  risen,  that 
which  has  waxed  strong,  and  that  which  decayeth. 

Read,  that  Prosperity  become  your  portion,  and  that  the  greatest 
good,  for  the  greatest  number,  be  a  Law  unto  your  Leaders. 


JOHN  HEIGHES  DONLEVY,  PUBLISHER; 

NEW  YORK,  BOSTON  AND  PHILADEDPHTA. 
1878. 


lOuujied  ttcoordiug  en  Aclof  (JoDgreas,  A    D.  1878,  by  .loliu  llelgbe.i  Dunlevy. 


THE  LAND  OF  COLUMN-BY-HER. 

In  the  land  which  is  called  Column-By-her,  the  people 
know  no  sovereign  save  one  alone — King  Dollar. 

And  the  river  of  Corruption  flowed  through  that  land. 

Now,  in  days  of  old,  that  land  had  been  watered  by  a 
goodly  stream  called  Byseness,  which  nourished  the  shores 
of  the  country. 

But  the  Phillistines  of  the  land  of  Column-By-her 
drained  the  river  of  Byseness,  that  they  might  swell  the 
river  of  Corruption. 

And  the  Philistines  were  a  multitude  of  re-Publicans  and 
sinners  and  De-Mick-O-Rats. 

And  there  were  of  these  a  goodly  quantity  of  Money- 
crats,  who  did  desire  in  the  vain  glory  of  their  hearts  to  be 
called  Aristocrats,  even  as  they  called  a  tribe  in  the  land  of 
Bullion. 

But  the  Moneycrats  had  the  wickedness  of  the  Aristo 
crats  without  their  good  breeding  and  their  culture  ;  they 
were  ignorant,  and  their  blood  was  not  blue. 

Polo  they  knew,  and  5-20  Bonds,  and  they  were  as  the 
white  flowers  that  groweth  up  in  a  night  of  rain  from  a 
swamp,  which  are  called  chaises  de  'Johnny  Crapeau^  which, 
being  interpreted,  is  Toadstools. 

And  the  Toadstools,  which  were  Moneycrats,  and  the 
re-Publicans  and  sinners  and  the  De-Mick-O-Rats  op- 
pressed the  People  of  the  land  of  Column-By-her,  and 
vexed  them  sore. 

Now  the  Feathers  of  the  People  did  bequeath  unto  them 
and  unto  their  children  a  Ship  of  State,  built  for  Freight 
and  for  Speed,  broad  in  the  beam,  sloping  in  graceful  curve, 


docile  to  the  helm  that  the  currents  of  parting  waters  might 
aid  and  not  impede  her  course. 

But  the  river  of  Corruption  was  clogged  with  the  lum- 
ber of  Iniquity,  and  pirates  did  infest  that  water,  and  it 
was  covered  with  slime,  and  all  things  foul  and  barnacles 
did  hang  to  the  Ship  of  State  and  cover  its  sides,  and  the 
good  ship  could  not  sail  on  that  stagnant  water. 

And  the  river  of  Byseness  was  running  low. 

And  they  that  were  Phillestines  sent  one  Emissary,  called 
Skenk  the  Cunning,  to  the  land  of  Bullion  to  teach  the 
Aristocrats  how  they  should  play  on  the  bluff,  and  when  he 
did  not  play  on  the  bluff  he  sang  in  a  soft  voice,  "  Whoa, 
Emma  Mine!"     And  he  taught  bluff  to  Quay. 

Now  Skenk  waxed  fat  in  the  days  of  Ulysses  the  First, 
who  had  been  a  great  warrior  ;  and  when  the  wars  were 
ended  he  became  a  sampler,  and  could  tell  the  juices  of 
different  herbs,  one  from  another. 

And  he  drove  fiery  horses  to  his  chariot,  and  the  people, 
which  were  Philistines,  did  set  aside  the  law  on  a  day,  and 
he  fractured  the  Sabbath  by  driving  Dexter  ously  at  2-and- 
something  a  mile. 

Before  all  this  had  come  in  the  fullness  of  time,  there 
were  tidings  from  North  and  from  South  and  from  East 
and  from  West,  of  great  deeds,  of  the  righteous  and  the 
wicked  ;  and  from  many  lands  afar  off,  and  the  doings 
therein  ;  and  the  People  did  write  these  things  upon  paper 
and  they  called  them  Newspapers. 

Now  the  re-publicans  and  Sinners  and  the  De  Mick-O- 
Rats,  and  the  iMoneycrats — Toad  stools,  did  by  soft  speech 
and  hard  money  bribe  the  scribes  of  the  Newspapers,  say- 
ing- 
Write  ye  not  unto  the  People  of  our  iniquities,  neither 
publish  unto  them  where  we   have  robbed   them   and  iheii 


■X'll 


children,  but  say  all  things  are  well,  and  when  they  ask 
for  meat  say  unto  them  molasses  is  sweeter. 

And  the  Phillistines  caused  a  great  Fence  to  be  built 
around  the  Newspapers.  And  the  Newspapers  did  get  on 
that  Fence. 

And  when  the  workingmen,  which  were  the  People  of 
that  land  did  murmur  among  themselves,  and  they  said  in 
their  anger  that  the  Poll-lie-Tycians  were  not  men  of  their 
race  but  puppets  drawn  by  wires. 

Now  the  Poll-lie-Tycians  were  men  of  the  land  whom 
the  PfiOPLe  had  sent  to  the  White  House,  wherein  sat  the 
ruler  of  the  land,  to  complain  to  him  of  their  grievances. 

These  that  were  sent  were  called  Poll-lie-Tycians.    Poll, 

because  they   were  given  to    many  speeches    even   as   the 

green  bird  is  given,  Lie  because  they  could  lie  any  way, 

^in  any  manner,  soever,  and  blow  as  the  wind  listeth,  and 

S  Tycians,  because   they    did    put   many    brilliant   colors   on 

-their  canvass. 

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5  And  the  Poll-lie-Tycians  were  like  unto  the  physicians 
£5  who  can  cure  only  a  fever,  and  so  first  get  the  sick  man 
3B-  into  that  fever. 

^      And  the  Poll-lie-Tycians  had  said  unto  the   People — 
"=^  O  ye  noble  People.      Ye  horny  handed  sons  of  toil.     We 
love   ye.      Your    wrongs  are   our   wrongs.       Ye    are    our 
brethern  and  our  sisters,  ye  and  your  wives  and  your  chil- 
dren. 

And  the  Poll-lie-Tycians  sat  in  the  houses  of  the  horny 
handed  sons  of  toil,  and  embraced  their  children  and  fed 
them  with  pop-corn  and  gave  their  wives  and  daughters  a 
free  writing  to  the  Sent-en  you  all. 

But  they  were  men  of  deceit  and  when  they  had  entered 
into  the  White  House  they  forgot  the  horny  handed  sons 
of  toil,  nor  did  they  embrace  the  infant  of  the  workingman 


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on  the   Broadway,  on   the    Avenue    Pennsylvania,   nor  on 
the  road  of  Walnuts. 

Moreover  in  the  hardness  of  their  hearts  the  PoU-lie- 
Tycians  forgot  that  the  loaves  and  the  fishes  were  for  the 
multitude,  and  they  did  keep  them  all  in  their  selfish  greed. 
And  the  same  Spirit  which  did  make  Ropes  in  the  old 
world  did  make  rings  in  the  new  which  is  the  land  of 
Column-By  her. 

And  it  came  to  pass  that  the  lord  of  All-bony — which  is 
in  New  York,  that  lieth  to  the  middle  of  the  land  of 
Column-By  her — who  was  called  Rob  his-son,  did  desire 
to  put  to  the  sword,  the  schools  of  learning.  And  already 
there  were  not  schools  enough  for  the  young  children  of 
the  People. 

But  this  he  did,  that  the  Philistines  might  spend  the 
substance  of  the  People  in  faring  sumptuously  on  Cham- 
pagne at  the  hotel  Broomstick,  and  riz  de  veau  a  la  Finan- 
ciered which  being  interpreted  is.  He  smileth  like  a  calf  to 
a  young  virgin  with  money. 

And  the  People  murmured  among  themselves,  saying, 
"  Lo,  they  taketh  away  the  writings  of  the  prophets  from 
our  children,  and  they  know  not  themselves  how  to  write. 
For  thev  spell  Freedom,  Free-dumb  and  I^iberty,  Lie-but- 
tie  !  " 

Now  before  these  things  were  fulfilled,  in  a  far  of}  land 
that  lieth  beyond  the  Sea,  the  Rlmigrants  said.  We  will 
shake  the  dust  of  Fu-Rope  from  our  bare  feet  and  we  will 
depart  unto  the  land  of  King  Dollar,  where  we,  and  our 
wives  and  our  childrc-n  may  have  meat  with  our  bread  each 
day. 

But  when  these  Fmigrants  were  come  to  the  land  ot 
Column  By-her,  and  did  labor,  they  got  not  their  just 
wages,  nor  meat  but  once  in  seven  ot  the  days. 

And  when  their  children  asked  for  bread,  the  mothers  fell 


upon   their   husbands'  necks  and  wept  ;  and  the   men  cried 
out,  "  How  long  shall  this  thing  be  ?" 

And  Henrv-Bread-and-Water-Beecher  came  and  preached 
unto  them,  saying,  "  Know  ye  not  that  bread  is  meat  to  the 
honest  laborer,  and  that  water  is  wine  to  the  sober  working 
man.  What  will  ye  ?  Why  do  ye  cry  out  because  ye 
have  only  bread  ;   do  not  even  the   Europe-ins  the  same  ?" 

And  they  murmured  the  more,  and  said  in  a  loud  voice  : 
"  Discontent  was  ever  the  foe  of  Stand-still  from  the  be- 
ginning. Did  not  the  Pilgrims  come  to  Plymouth  that 
they  might.be  delivered  out  of  the  bondage  of  the  Philis- 
tines ?" 

And  one  scribe,  which  did  sit  on  the  fence,  called  W- 
aitch-aitch,  wrote  :  Peradventure,  the  working  man  is  not 
worthy  of  his  higher  wages,  and  "  he  should  be  content  to  remain 
in  the  station  in  life  to  xvhich  It  has  pleased  God  to  call  him.'' 

And  the  people  waxed  wroth,  and  said  :  "  This  is  the 
W-aitch-aitch  that  knoweth  less  of  the  Lord  on  high  than 
any  other  Newspaper  Scribe.      Go  up,  thou  aged  sinner." 

And  when  the  winter  was  come  the  snow  whitened  the 
earth,  and  the  roadside  was  heaped  with  frozen  rain.  And 
the  men  which  did  punch  with  care  in  the  presence  of  the 
passenjare,  and  the  horses  which  bore  the  burden,  fell  sick 
of  an  Epizootic^ 

Which  is  from  the  Arabic,  and  meaneth  to  sneeze.  And 
the  Epizootic  did  kill  many  horses,  and  they  and  their 
drivers  did  die  of  suffering  and  want. 

And  the  Stockholder  said  to  a  Passenjare,  "  This  suffer- 
ing grieveth  my  heart  and  maketh  my  soul  heavy  with  woe." 

And  the  Passenjare  said,  "And  my  heart,  too,  beateth  in 
pity  for  the  poverty  and  suffering  of  my  fellow  men." 

And  the  Stockholder  said  :  "  Comprehendeth  thou  not 
that  my  woe  is  for  the  loss  of  my  horses.  Men  there  are 
in  plenty  to  fill  these  dead  men's  shoes  ?" 


And  the  Philistines,  re-Publicaiis  and  Sinners,  and  De- 
MickO-Rats  and  Moneycrats,  Toadstools,  did  cause  to  be 
made  men  which  were  full  of  iniquity — sitters  in  high 
places  at  big  Salaries  and  perquisites. 

A  certain  rich  man  died  and  left  his  substance  in  the  care 
of  a  Steward,  an  unjust  Judge,  who  was  a  Philistine,  and 
sat  at  meat  with  the  Moneycrats  and  Toadstools  in  high 
places. 

And  the  rich  man  had  said  to  the  unjust  Judge,  "Take 
ye  my  bag  of  gold  and  do  good  with  it,  for  I  have  been  a 
hard  man  in  this  life,  reaping  where  I  have  not  sown  ;  but 
that  there  may  be  those  who  shall  say,  '  He  did  good  at  the 
last.' 

"  Take  this  bag  of  gold,  and  pay  workmen  to  build  a 
house  for  the  women  of  Column-By-her  ;  and  it  shall  be 
called  The  Woman's  Home." 

And  the  rich  man  was  buried  in  pomp,  tor  he  was  a 
merchant  prince,  and  he  bought  rare  silks  and  cunning 
stuffs  of  the  loom,  and  in  his  house  were  rich  curtains  and 
floors  of  rare  marble,  and  on  his  tables  were  bric-a-brac 
and  decorated  pottery. 

Now  when  he  was  alone  with  the  gold  the  unjust  Judge 
said,  I  will  build  a  wondrous  palace  with  monograms  on 
its  glass  arches  and  Torchon  lace  ruffles  on  its  floor  cover- 
ings, the  pillars  of  it  shall  be  trimmed  with  side-plaited 
ruffles,  and  turquoise  beads  shall  hang  from  its  ceiling, 
borders  of  white  satin  shall  adorn  the  furnace  thereof,  and 
the  food  of  it  shall  be  carried  in  this  little  basket. 

And  he  did  even  as  he  said.  And  the  Newspapers 
puffed  him  in  fulsome  praise,  and  said,  He  is  a  Philanthro- 
pist as  it  were. 

And  the  women  from  the  North  and  the  South,  and  the 
East  and  the  West  and  the  country  round  about,  did  come 
with  their  shawl  straps,  and  knocked  at  the  door  of  The 


Women's  Home  and  behold  they  said,  who  opened  it, 
Tarrv  awhile,  for  into  here  ye  cannot  come  until  all  is 
proven  against  ye.  And  the  women  departed  sorrowing. 
The  next  dav  they  went  again  and  the  unjust  Judge  did 
give  them  keys  to  enter,  and  lo  and  behold  the  keys  would 
not  fit  the  doors,  and  the  women  departed  in  wrath  saving, 
Heisafraudonthepublic,  so  to  speak. 

Which  being  interpreted  means  a  Dead-beat,  as  it  were 

And   the    women    who   could    not  enter   the    Woman's 

Haven  which  the  rich  man  had  given  unto  them,  went  to 

the  Newspapers  crying,  Avenge  us,  avenge  us.     Ye  pens 

of  the  People. 

And  the  Newspapers  did  say.  Not  so.  We  cannot  do 
this  thing,  for  if  we  should  avenge  ye  and  showimup  in  the 
newspapers,  our  Ads  will  be  as  the  grass  of  the  field  which 
to  day  is,  and  to-morrow  our  canvasser  cannot  collect. 

But  go  ye  to  the  highways  and  byways  and  gather  them 
into  the  dwelling  of  Peter  the  Cooper,  and  when  ye  are 
assembled  then  shall  it  be  given  ye  to  speak  and  ye  may 
showimup  to  the  People. 

Now  at  the  appointed  time  in  the  dwelling  of  Peter  the 
Cooper,  there  did  gather  together  old  men  and  young 
women  and  aged  mothers  and  children,  the  poor,  the 
noble  and  the  honest  working  women,  and  the  rich  who 
were  not  Phillistines,  who  came  to  hear  the  women  show- 
imup, which  was  the  unjust  Judge. 

And  Lillian  and  Anna  and  a  righteous  woman  who 
healed  the  sick  and  lame,  wrote  what  she  should  say  and 
Matilda  spoke  it. 

And  three  young  men  who  came  to  deride  the  women 
who  showedimup  were  driven  out  of  the  dwelling  by  Peter 
the  Cooper. 

And  the  women  who  showedimup  spake,  and  played 
upon  the  harp  and  sang  in  a  loud  voice. 


8 

"And  it  stopped  short,  never  to  go  again,  when  the  old 
man  died." 

And  the  unjust  Judge  did  say,  Ha  ha,  this  is  a  putup- 
job  by  Ee  Ess,  whose  surname  is  Jaffray,  and  Claflin  H.  B. 
And  he  straightway  turned  the  Wonmen's  Home  into  a 
Sample  Room,  where  Phillistines  may  congregate  in  idle 
communication. 

And  the  Accusing  Spirit  flew  to  Heaven's  Chancery  with 
this  wrong,  and  blushed  as  he  gave  it  in,  and  the  Recording 
Angel  wept  as  he  wrote  it  down. 

And   the    tears  fell   upon  the  entry — '•'■A  charity  for  good 

women  by  a  Merchant  Prince  " — and  blotted  it  out  forever. 

And   the   unjust  Judge   said :    "  Women    are    so  much 

trouble."     And  the  Newspapers  interviewed  him,  and  said 

he  speaketh  truth,  and  the  Scribes  said  ditto,  ditto. 

And  the  Newspapers  each  got  a  column  ad.  for  thirty 
days,  and  the  printers  called  it  phat. 

Now,  the  Newspapers  of  the  land  of  Column-By-her 
were  the  Time  Server,  the  Hearall  and  the  Dryboon. 

The  Dryboon,  in  the  days  of  old,  was  called  the  Try- 
boon,  and  it  was  founded  by  one  Horace  Greeley,  who  said 
that  it  should  be  so-called  because  it  gave  words  of  wisdom 
to  the  People,  that  they  should  try  to  obtain  the  good  boon 
the  earth  giveth  to  all. 

But  the  time  came  for  Horace  Greeley  to  be  called  to  his 
fathers,  and  his  Try-boon  passed  into  the  hands  of  one 
Whitelaw,  surnamed  Reed,  because  anyone  might  speak 
through  him. 

And  this  Reed  sold  the  Try-boon  into  the  hands  of  the 
Money  Changer,  and  the  People  lost  the  Try-boon,  and 
it  was  called  the  Dryboon,  which,  being  interpreted,  means 
that  it  is  no  boon  to  the  buyer  thereof. 

And  the  Dryboon  became  a  writing  of  iniquity  and  de- 
spised by  the  honest  men  of  the  land. 


For  its  scribe  did  write  whatsoever  things  the  Money 
Changer  did  command,  and  these  writings  brought  woe  to 
many  people  of  the  land  of  Column-By-her. 

For  the  tribes  of  the  land  that  did  love  the  Try-boon, 
called  Farmers,  knew  not  that  it  had  become  the  Dry-boon, 
and  in  their  ignorance  thev  put  faith  in  the  writings  of  that 
Newspaper. 

And  that  Dry-boon  made  false  writings  of  Wall  street 
and  stocks,  and  because  of  those  writings  the  Money 
Changer  robbed  the  Farmers  of  their  savings  for  years. 
And  the  Farmers  beat  their  breasts,  and  said,  "  Thou 
breaker  of  Trust  !   Thou  evil  Usurer,  Dry-boon  ! 

And  the  Farmers  joined  the  tribe  of  the  Back  Labor  ! 
all  ye  Green  People. 

And  in  the  city  of  Brotherly  Love  there  was  also  A 
Childs'  Paper  ;  but,  at  sundry  times,  old  women  did  read  it. 

The  city  of  Brotherly  Love  was  not  called  so  in  derision, 
nevertheless  that  it  was  there  that  honor  was  not  even 
amongst  theives. 

For  they  did  send  to  Gotham  for  their  merry  repeaters, 
and  said,  Come  hither,  ye  merry  repeaters  and  sing  for  us 
at  our  banquet.  And  the  merry  repeaters  from  Gotham 
came,  and  sang  the  tunes  for  the  City  of  Brotherly  Love. 

And  when  the  banquet  was  over  and  the  Boxes  were 
stuffed,  and  the  Returns  were  all  in,  the  City  of  Brotherly 
Love  said  to  the  merry  repeaters  : 

"Ye  dishonest  thieves,  get  thee  out  of  our  city.  Ye 
are  vile  wretches.  1  will  not  pay  ye  for  your  tunes.  Who's 
your  parents  ?" 

And  the  Merry  Repeaters  got.  And  never  since  that 
banquet  will  they  tune  their  pipes  for  the  City  of  Brotherly 
Love  -,  and  a  blight  has  come  upon  their  Boxes. 

The  Scribe  who  wrote   the  Childs'  Paper   was   also  the 


10 

Poet  of  the  Wake.    He  was  the  great  Flunkey  of  Column- 
By-her,  and  he  was  a  rich  man. 

He  gave  to  the  workingman  an  Almanac,  and  gave  to 
the  land  of  Bullion  for  their  Temple  a  red  glass  instrument 
called  Kaleidescope,  which  is  Arabic  and  meaneth,  It  is 
thin  enough  to  see  through. 

And  another  Newspaper  did  write,  It  is  better  for  us 
that  John  Shirrmoney  shall  be  our  next  ruler,  and  the 
People  said,  He  shall  not  rule  over  us,  and  it  were  better 
for  him  he  had  not  been  born,  if  he  tries  that  little  game 
on. 

Now  this  John  was  called  Shirrmoney  because  he  gath- 
ered together  the  gold  of  the  land  even  as  a  maker  of  robes 
fixeth  the  back  breadths,  massing  the  stuffs  in  one  place 
be-hind. 

And  Thomas  the  Scott  said,  I  must  get  my  Texas  and 
Pacific  bill  through  this  fall  of  the  year,  that  the  People 
may  have  improvements  in  the  land.  And  then  he  sang 
in  a  soft  voice — 

Yankee  cock  a  doodle  doo, 
Tra  la  la  la,  la  lee. 

And  the  Back  Labor  !  All  ye  Green  people,  said  to 
Thomas  the  Scot,  Tommy,  make  room  for  your  Uncle 
Sam.      We  have  no  mouth  for  Taffy. 

For  the  People  were  vexed  with  the  Phillistines, 
and  Thomas  the  Scot  was  a  Phillistine  and  a   Moneycrat. 

And  when  Blain,  a  prophet  from  the  East,  would  have 
spoken  to  them,  the  multitude  said  unto  him,  Pull  down 
your  raiment.      What's  the  price  of  fish  in  mass  ? 

Now,  after  Ulysses  the  First  had  left  the  seat  of  the 
White  House,  the  People  did  appoint  Sam  Jay  Till- 
then  to  be  ruler  over  them. 

But  the  Phillistines  did  steal  away  the  throne  while  Sam 
Jay  Till-then  was  in   a   deep   slumber,  and    while    he   had 


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gone  to  pay  his  poll  tax,  the  re-Publican  sinners  did  put 
Rue  the-fraud  Haze  into  the  seat. 

And  when  the  People  did  murmur  and  say  this  is  not 
good  for  our  Constitution  ;  it  will  weaken  our  frame  ;  our 
pulse  is  low,  and  we  need  good  food  to  nourish  and  quicken 
our  body  politic. 

The  Phillistines  said  unto  them,  taste  this  Cherry  Elec- 
toral bark,  it  is  put  up  in  attractive  form  with  fresh  labels 
and  is  included  in  the  Pharmacopoeia,  which  is  from  the 
Greek,  and  meaneth  it  was  scooped  out  of  a  lawyer's 
Farm. 

And  the  People  tasted  the  Cherry  Electoral  bark,  and 
they  said :  "  Lo,  it  is  a  bitter  draught;  we  will  have  it 
analyzed  by  the  investigating  Physician,  to  say  if  it  is  good 
for  our  Constitution." 

And  they  appointed  Investigating  Committees  of  Physi- 
cians to  analyze  the  Cherry  Electoral  bark,  and  they  found 
much  evil  in  the  tonic  with  the  new  label. 

And  they  found  so  much  that  was  bad  for  the  Constitu- 
tion in  the  Cherry  Electoral  bark,  that  the  Phillistines 
appointed  more  Committees  to  cover  up  that  which  they 
had  discovered. 

And  Investigating  Committees  swarmed  the  land. 

And  in  the  regions  of  Jersey,  which  is  in  the  Land  of 
Column-By-her,  one  sitter  in  the  seat  of  Finance  said, 
"  We  will  save  the  moneys,  and  we  shall  abolish  first  the 
high  temples  of  teaching  and  at  last  the  temples  of  teach- 
ing for  young  children. 

And  this  man's  name  was  Drohan,  and  he  said,  "  Ten 
dollars  a  month  is  sufficient  wage  for  the  virgin  that  work- 
eth  in  the  temple  of  teaching."  And  the  People  of  the 
region  about  Jersey  were  vexed  at  this  saying  of  Drohan. 

Now,  in  Jersey  did  dwell  men  of  many  crafts,  makers 
of  silken    webs,  and   glass,  and   repeaters,  but    these  were 


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not    the    merry  Repeaters    which    stuft'ed    Boxes,  but  small 
cunning  pieces  of  workmanship  to  mark  the  hours. 

And  in  Jersey  did  the  people  need  Temples  of  teaching 
for  the  children,  that  they  might  grow  to  be  skilled  men  of 
honest  craft. 

THE  GENEAOLOGY  OF  THE  BACK  LABOR! 
ALL  YE  GREEN  PEOPLE! 

Peel  of  the  land  of  Bullion  spake  thus  unto  his  son. 
The  misery  which  the  resumption  of  Specie  shall  cause  to 
the  Workingmen  mattereth  not  to  me.  I  shall  lay  up  gold 
in  my  strong  box  by  resumption  of  specie. 

And  the  Resumption  of  Specie  in  Bullion  begat  the 
oppressed  people  which  fled  to  the  land  of  Column  By- 
her,  where  thev  prospered  and  enjoyed  the  right  of  life 
liberty  and  the  pursuit  of  happiness. 

And  the  tidings  of  the  land  of  Column-By-her  reached 
other  lands,  and  oppressed  peoples  from  all  parts  came  to 
the  land  of  Column  Byher. 

And  the  people  of  this  land  chose  a  ruler  to  do  their 
bidding  and  other  men  who  should  serve  them  and  their 
ruler. 

And  the  money  changers  bought  the  rulers  and  the 
chosen  men,  who  sold  the  People's  birth-right  for  a  mess 
of  pottage. 

And  the  money  changers,  begat  Poll-lie-Titians,  and 
the  Poll-lie-Titians  begat  wars,  and  riots,  and  the  riots 
begat  murder  and  villainy  and  filled  the  prisons  and  filled 
them  to  over  flowing. 

And  the  Poll-lie-Titians  begat  Rings,  and  the  Rings 
begat  Tweed,  and  Tweed  begat  unjust  Judges,  and  the 
unjust  Judges  begat  a  city  in  which  no  honest  man  might 
safely  dwell. 


And  the  Poll-lie-Titians  begat  National  Banks,  and  In- 
solvent Railways,  and  Credit  Mobiliers,  and  Bonds  and 
robbed  the  People  of  their  rights,  and  weighed  them  down 
with  taxes  which  they  could  not  pay 

And  before  this  came  to  pass  Abraham  the  Patriot  begat 
Greenbacks  and  healed  the  people's  wounds,  but  the  Bonds 
which  the  Poll-lie-Titians  begat  put  the  Greenbacks  to  the 
sword. 

And  the  Poll  lie-Titians  begat  the  Devil,  and  the  Devil 
begat  dishonest  savings  banks,  and  fraudulent  life  Insurance 
Temples. 

And  the  Poll-lie-Titians  begat  high  seats  for  men  of 
which  the  people  had  no  need,  and  did  fill  them  with 
Aldermen,  and  Coroners,  and  Merry  Repeaters. 

And  the  Poll-lie-Titians  begat  sufferings  and  wrongs  to 
the  People  who  groaned  under  the  weight  of  them,  and 
the  wrongs,  begat  Strikes  of  Laborers,  who  had  banded 
together  in  Unions  to  protect  their  rights. 

And  the  Strikes  of  the  laborers  divided  the  land  and 
made  the  people  enemies  one  of  the  other,  and  vexed  the 
people  of  the  Land  of  Column-By-her. 

And  the  Bonds  which  the  money  changers  begat,  were 
full  of  iniquity  and  begat  all  evil  things.  Corruption  which 
begat  corrupt  laws,  which  begat  evil  to  the  people,  who 
were  defrauded  of  their  pursuit  of  happiness. 

And  the  Bond  holders  and  the  money  changers,  did  be- 
gat oppression  in  the  great  cities  of  the  land  of  Column 
Byher. 

And  in  the  Land  of  Gold  the  rights  of  the  people  were 
taken  from  them  by  the  money  changers.  Bond  holders  and 
Poll-lie-Titians. 

Now  the  land  of  gold  lieth  to  the  west  of  the  land  of 
Column-By-her  and  is  a  fair  and  beautiful  land,  filled  with 
all  good  things  fitted  for  man. 


But  the  Poll-Lie-Titians  came  to  this  land  and  begat 
Mackey,  O  Brien,  Fair  and  Flood  and  they  owned  the 
Land  of  Gold  fraudulently  and  wrested  it  from  the   people. 

And  they  took  the  People's  gold,  and  made  with  it  tires 
for  the  wheels  of  their  chariots,  and  they  took  the  People's 
raiment,  and  built  for  themselves  splendid  palaces,  and  they 
took  the  People's  bread  and  bought  for  themselves  wines 
and  sumptuous  food. 

And  Mackey  and  O'Brien  and  Fair  and  Flood  begat 
a  suffering,  wronged,  and  bitter  People. 

And  the  Bitter  People  begat  Car-Knee. 

And  it  came  to  pass  that  the  People  of  the  land  of  Co- 
lumn-By-her  which  were  not  Philistines,  re  publicans,  sin- 
ners, De  Mick  O'Rats,  and  Money  crats,  Toadstools,  said, 
**  With  bitterness,  we  can  think  no  good  for  our  land  !  The 
ballot,  not  the  bullet,  be  our  stronghold  !  " 

Behold,  the  color  of  the  Olive  the  same  which  the  Dove 
brought  back  to  Noah,  was  Green — therefore  should  the 
symbol  Green-Back,  be  an  Herald  of  Hope  to  the  People. 

NoTA. — Lest  there  be  those  who  say,  I  give  them  false 
writings  ;  that  the  Devil  was  from  all  time  and  was  not 
begotten  of  the  Poll-lie-Titians,  I  answer,  What  I  have 
written  let  it  stand.  The  Devil  in  these  Revelations  is  the 
beast  of  the  land  of  Column-By-her.  The  Devil  of  all 
time  hath  not  yet  been  accused  of  selling  his  Country  unto  a 
money  changer.  He  hath  not  yet  been  accused  of  swear- 
ing and  drunkenness,  neither  when  he  sent  soldiers  to  fight 
for  his  Kingdom  did  he  rob  their  wives  and  children.  He 
hath  not  been  accused  of  being  ruler  of  Trust  companies 
and  fleeing  with  the  treasure,  and  divers  other  wicked  things 
which  the  Poll-lie-Titians  do  daily. 


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CAR-KNEE,  and  the  Murmurs  of  the  MULTITUDE. 

Car-knee,  A  prophet  from  the  land  ot  gold,  crying — 

I  am  Car-knee.      I  come  from  the  Sand  of  the  Lots. 

Now  this  same  Car-knee  was  not  taught  by  the  learned 
Doctors  and  Scribes  of  the  Dry-Boon,  yet  did  he  swear 
dam  and  his  communication  was  not  Ay  and  Nay. 

His  raiment  was  overalls  of  gray  and  a  flannel  shirt  of 
red  was  wound  about  his  breast,  and  his  meat  was  on  the 
European  plan. 

And  he  roamed  about  the  land  crying  Behold  I  have 
brought  vials  of  wrath  from  the  Land  of  Gold. 

As  I  stood  upon  the  Sand  of  the  Lots,  I  saw  beasts  ride 
up  and  over  the  land. 

And  the  beast  which  1  saw  was  like  unto  a  leech  and 
his  feet  were  made  of  silver  and  gold,  and  the  Bulls  and 
Bears  saw  his  power  and  fell  down  and  worshipped  it. 

And  now  no  man  may  buy  and  sell  save  those  that  have 
the  mark  of  the  Beast  upon  their  brow. 

Hear  Wisdom  !  Let  him  that  can  number  count  the 
cost ! 

Know  ye  not  that  a  golden  calf  is  made  and  is  set  up  to 
be  worshipped  ? 

And  the  multitude  gathered  about  Cai-knee,  and  listened 
and  were  troubled  in  their  hearts. 

And  behold  a  certain  lawyer  stood  up  and  tempted  him 
saying.  Shall  the  laboring  man  have  gold  and  honey  and 
silk  ? 

And  Car-knee  answered  him.  The  laboring  man  shall 
have  meat  with  his  bread  though  the  harness  of  the  rich 
men's  horses   be  despoiled  of  its  gold.     I  have  sworn  it. 

And  while  Car-knee  thus  spake  a  cloud  came  down  and 
overshadowed  the  multitude  and  they  saw  the  cloud  and 
were  sore  afraid. 


And  Car-kiice  cried  with  a  loud  voice,  Woe  unto  ye,  re- 
Publicans-Sinners  !  Woe  unto  ye  De-Miclc-O'Rats,  for 
if  the  mightv  Government  Works  had  been  done  in  ye,  the 
workingman  would  not  now  mourn  for  sack  cloth  to  contain 
his  ashes. 

Woe  unto  ye  lawyers  for  ye  have  laid  men  with  burdens, 
grievous  to  be  borne,  and  ye  yourselves  touched  not  the 
burdens  with  one  of  your  fingers. 

Woe  unto  ye  Lawyers  for  ye  have  taken  away  the  key 
of  knowledge.  Ye  enter  not  in  yourselves,  and  them  that 
would  enter  ye  hindered. 

Ye  hypocrites,  ye  can  discern  the  face  of  the  sky  and  of 
the  earth.      How  is  it  that  ye  do  not  discern  this  time. 

And  the  Newspapers  spake  unto  him  saying.  Tell  us  by 
what  authority  sayest  thou  these  things. 

And  he  heeded  them  not,  and  lifted  his  voice  to  the 
people.  And  the  Newspapers  followed  him  to  a  place 
called  Brotherly  love  where  he  sojourned. 

And  the  Newspapers  laid  in  wait  for  him,  seeking  to  get 
something  out  of  his  mouth,  that  they  might  accuse  him. 

And  they  wrote  unto  the  People,  He  is  a  false  prophet, 
that  seeketh  to  inflame  a  riot. 

And  the  Moneycrats  said  of  Car-knee,  He  is  a  beastly 
Communist. 

Then  said  the  People  to  the  Wise  man.  What  is  Com- 
munism ? 

And  the  Wise  man  answered  them  never  a  word,  but 
bent  his  head  over  a  paper  and  wrote  upon  it. 

And  the  multitude  questioned  him  the  more,  saying 
What  is  this  thing  called  Communism.  Tell  us,  we  be- 
seech thee. 

And  the  wise  man  answered  them  and  said,  Not  to 
gather  and  keep  in  my  stores,  fine  bread  and  fat  meats, 
wine  and  fruits,  treasures  of  gold   and   silver,  and  precious 


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stones  of  which  I  have  not  need,  nor  cunning  garments 
made  by  Worth,  nor  Polo,  nor  Coaching  clubs  when  my 
brother  fainteth  for  a  crust — This  is  Communism. 

And  a  woman  murmured.  Is  not  this  Christianity  ? 

And  an  aged  Rabbi  spake.  So  taught  Moses  and  the 
prophets  from  the  beginning. 

And  one  from  the  land  Celestial  muttered.  So  taught 
Confucius  six  thousand  years  ago. 

And  the  Wise-man  said,  Peace !  Trouble  not  your 
hearts  for  a  word.      It  is  Humanity. 

And  the  multitude  marvelled  among  themselves  and  said 
it  was  not  bad  to  take. 

And  Car-knee  cried.  Woe  unto  ye  Re-publicans-Sinners 
for  it  shall  be  more  tolerable  at  the  Judgment  for  Tweed 
than  for  you. 

The  Queen  of  the  South  shall  rise  up  in  the  Judgment 
with  the  men  of  this  generation  and  condemn  them. 

O  ye  that  exclaimed  against  the  slavery  of  the  black 
man  and  yet  enslaveth  your  white  brethren. 

For  what  is  greater  bondage  than  to  be  in  the  chains  of 
the  Bondholders,  and  to  labor  and  receive  no  wages,  nor 
time  but  for   the  little  season  of  slumber  ! 

And  I  had  a  vision  and  I  saw  a  great  white  House  and 
him  that  sat  in  it,  and  he  spake  unto  me  trembling  and  I 
said  within  myself,  Rue-the  fraud,  whose  surname  art  Haze, 
You're  too  small  for  the  place. 

Let  this  saying  sink  down  into  your  ears,  for  the  sons  of 
CoIumn-By-her  should  be  delivered  from  the  bondage  of 
the  Beast.  And  my  reward  shall  be  to  see  every  man  ap- 
pointed each  his  own  work  and  wages. 

And  straightway  when  Car-knee  came  down,  the  multi- 
tude passed  round  the  Hat. 

And  the  Newspapers  said  of  Car-knee,  He  washeth  not 


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himself,  and  the  Pkopi.f.  said,  He  will  make  the  White 
House  do  some  washing 

And  the  Newspapers  said,  He  polisheth  not  his  boots, 
and  the  People  said,  He  polished  off  the  Repeaters. 

And  one  workingman  said,  Is   not   his  a  gospel  of  Hate  ? 

And  another  workingman  arose  and  said,  Take  ye  a 
ploughshare  to  turn  the  earth,  or  take  ye  a  feather? 
Which  ? 

And  thev  all  said.  We  cannot  sue  the  Giant  Mono-polo- 
why,  with  loving  words  and  soft  embrace.  He  must  be 
slain. 

For  the  river  of  Byseness  was  dry. 

And  the  merchants  of  the  land  had  been  goodly  men, 
flourishing  like  a  green  bay  tree,  but  a  bankrupt  fell  upon 
them,  and  thirty  days  was  not  cash,  and  the  people  had  not 
wherewithal  to  buy  their  wares. 

And  the  workingman  had  not  wherewithal  to  pay  his 
tribute  and  the  Sheriff  sold  him  out.  And  the  Savings 
banks  went  up  like  a  flower  that  vanisheth  away,  and  the 
savings  of  years  were  no  more. 

^  The  multitude  who  had  not  where  to  lay  their  head 
turned  Tramps,  a  tribe  which  beg  alms  from  door  to  door 
and  sleep  on  the  park  benches. 

And  some  who  were  not  tramps  did  suffer  hunger,  for  at 
the  grocer's  they  did  read,  No  tick  here.  And  it  came  to 
pass  that  the  great  land  of  Column-By-her  was  divided  into 
three  great  tribes,  and  the  greatest  of  these  was  the  Green 
People  of  Back  Labor  ! 

And  many  of  the  wires  that  had  been  pulled  by  the  Poli- 
lie-Titians  were  snapt  asunder  and  broken,  no  more  to  be 
joined  in  that  land  of  Column-by-her. 

And  the  Newspapers  said  of  the  Back  Labor  !  All  ye 
Green  People  Tribe  it  cannot  flourish. 


And  the  re-Publicans  and  Sinners  said,  We  will  fall  upon 
fhem  and  crush  them. 

And  the  De  Mick-O-Rats  said  we  will  watch  both 
tribes  and  steal  away  their  Rafts. 

Now,  the  Raft  was  what  the  Back  Labor  !  all  ye 
green  People,  had  built  of  what  they  could  get  to  paddle 
along  the  River  of  Corruption  into  a  clearer  water. 

And  when  the  iMoney-crats  and  Toad-stools  saw  the 
multitude  on  the  Raft,  they  laughed  them  to  scorn. 

And  when  they  saw  the  Raft  moving  along  the  river 
Corruption,  towing  the  Ship  of  State,  with  all  their  strength 
they  laughed  again. 

And  they  said,  "  Let  be  ;  we  will  go  to  Long  Branch 
and  Cape  May  and  to  Brighton  in  our  little  yachts." 

And  the  Phillistines  in  one  voice  said,  "This  Tribe  of 
Back  Labor !  All  ye  green  People,  on  that  Raft,  will  die. 
Thev  cannot  live  ;  they  are  dreamers,  and  tramps,  and  low 
people." 

And  the  multitude  which  had  not  yet  got  upon  that  Raft 
said  to  the  Wise  man,  "  Tell  us  if  the  Back  Labor  !  All 
ye  Green  People,  will  live  or  no  ?" 

And  the  Wise  man  spake  unto  them  a  parable  saying. 
A  certain  man  baketh  a  loaf  of  bread. 

And  he  putteth  into  the  loaf  flour,  and  salt,  and  water, 
and  yeast,  that  it  might  rise,  and  kneadeth  it  into  a  loaf, 
and  it  is  cast  into  the  oven  and  cometh  out  bread.  But  if 
it  had  not  yeast,  would  it  be  bread  ?  Tell  me,  O,  ye 
People  ? 

And  they  answered  and  said,  "  It  is  even  as  thou  sayest, 
bread  cannot  be  made  without  yeast." 

And  a  Phillistine  rose  and  said,  "  Tell  me  this  conun- 
drum. If  the  yeast  is  sour,  will  it  be  bread  ?"  And  the 
Wise  man  answered,  "  Then  shall  the  bread  rise  the 
higher,  though  the  yeast  of  it  be  sour." 


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Then  said  the  niillistiiie,  I'ell  nic  if  the  yeast  be 
bitter,  will  it  be  bread  ?  And  the  wise  man  answered, 
Still  I  say  unto  you  that  the  Bread  shall  rise,  but  better  it 
be  for  ye  all,  that  the  yeast  be  not  bitter. 

And  one  of  the  multitude  spoke  in  a  loud  voice.  And  it 
the  yeast  be  compressed  ? 

And  the  multitude  clamored  in  anger  at  him  and  said, 
The  yeast  shall  not  be  compressed.  The  bread  shall  be 
good,  lest  we  need  it,  we  will  knead  it  ourselves  even  as  it 
pleaseth  our  will  and  to  our  flavor. 

And  the  Phillistines  laughed  and  mocked  at  them  and 
the  Wise  man  said,  O  ye  of  little  faith.  Do  ye  still 
harden  your  hearts  ?     (io  to  Maine. 

THE  RAFT. 

The  Stone  which  the  Builders  rejected,  the  same  has 
become  the  head  of  the  corner  ;  But  Lure  of  the  tribe  of 
Ben-Jam-In. 

And  Patrick  the  f'ord  and  Boucher  the  Frenchman, 
whose  food  was  mush,  and  Phillips  the  shoemaker,  wrote 
together,  and  said.  The  Land  of  Column-By-her  has  not 
a  moral  back  bone. 

Now,  Patrick  was  surnamed  the  Ford,  for  he  said  to  the 
Back  Labor!  all  ye  Green  people,  Do  not  dam  the  river 
of  Corruption,  Ford  it  ! 

And  there  was  also  in  the  City  of  Brotherly  Love  one 
Lee  Crand-All,  who  gathered  lumber  of  which  to  build  the 
raft,  and  some  was  good  wood  and  some  was  not  well  sea- 
soned, and  he  did  lay  each  plank  by  itself  decently  and  in 
order,  that  it  might  make  the  Raft  strong  and  enduring. 

And  ye  Back  Labor  !  all  ye  Green  People,  said  of  this 
man,  Lo,  it  is  a  good  omen,  for  his  name,  which  is  Lee,  is 
from  the  Chinese,  and  being  interpreted  is  To  Wash. 


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And  Lee,  surnamed  Crand-All,  will  cleanly  wash  all 
great  things  of  which  we  have  need.  So  said  the  Back 
Labor  !  ail  ye  Green  People. 

But  he  was  not  of  the  land  of  Confucius,  neither  did  -he 
do  up  a  dozen  for  one  dollar.  The  mantle  of  Horace 
Greeley  had  fallen  on  his  shoulders. 

Yet  he  said  not,  Go  West,  young  man,  but  spoke  unto 
them,  Go  anywhere,  ye  crowded  cities  ;  prance  away  with 
the  dance  of  the  Gander,  and  choose  land  for  yourself  and 
your  children  from  our  country's  broad  acres,  and  I  will 
help  you,  1  and  the  N.  L  B.  at  the  M.  H.  of  F.  P. 

Now,  the  timbers  for  the  Raft  were  first  gathered  by  the 
People  of  the  West  of  the  Land  of  Column-By-her,  which 
were  not  Phillistines. 

But  the  Builders  were  few,  though  the  gatherers  were 
many,  yet  the  time  had  not  come  for  the  Raft  to  be  made, 
which  should  tow  the  Ship  of  State  out  of  the  river  of 
Corruption  into  a  clearer  stream. 

And  the  Phillistines  mocked  at  the  timber  gathered  by 
the  people  of  the  West,  and  said.  Go  up,  thou  Rag  Baby,  go. 

But  the  Dreamers  and  the  Tramps  and  the  Low  People 
and  the  working  men  said,  We  will  bring  of  what  we  have 
to  build  the  Raft. 

There  lived  in  the  Land  of  Column-By-her  one  Henree- 
see,  surnamed  Carey,  who  was  an  honest  builder  on  the 
Raft,  and  was  one  of  the  first  to  put  his  hand  to  the  burden. 

He  was  an  Aristocrat,  and  so  were  likewise  all  his  kins- 
men, but  they  were  not  Toadstools,  and  they  despised  the 
Bluft'  players  with  deepest  scorn ;  neither  did  they  play 
Polo  and  Bluff. 

And  they  had  been  faithful  for  many  generations,  and 
they  were  honored  in  their  country  by  the  faithful,  and 
they  were  sitters  in  high  places  in  the  land  of  Bullion. 

And  his  kinsman  was  Henreesee,  surnamed  the  By-heard, 


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because  he  stood  by  the  People  and  wrote  epistles  to  them 
and  spent  his  talents  for  their  increase,  and  the  people  of 
the  land  of  Bullion  said  of  this  man,  He  is  a  good  and  faith- 
ful servant. 

And  in  the  Region  of  Jersey  lived  one  Stephen — sur- 
named  Why-Delay  ?  Because  he  said,  O  ye  People, 
which  can  read,  why  do  ye  not  count  the  cost  ? 

Know  ye  not  that  ye  are  poor  laborers  who  pay  the 
tribute  to  swell  the  rich  man's  substance?  Know  ye  not 
that  the  Banks  are  free  from  tax,  while  ye  must  pay 
tribute. 

And  he  spoke  in  a  loud  voice,  in  divers  places,  that  the 
Peoplk  should  break  the  chains  of  the  Bondholder,  and 
while  he  spake  he  worked  upon  the  Rak. 

And  they  worked  together,  the  People,  them  that  were 
not  Phillistines,  and  the  re-Publicans  sinners  and  the  De- 
Mick-O-Rats  quarreled  among  themselves. 

And  the  Moneycrats-Toadstools  got  on  a  coach  and 
played  Polo  and  were  merry.  James  the  Second,  of  the 
Hearall  Newspaper,  and  the  Unjust  Judge  did  run  at  full 
speed  for  a  SijSOO  silver  cup. 

Now,  James,  of  the  Hearall,  played  on  the  Polo,  be- 
cause he  hated  the  game  of  Ball  for  he  had  lost  a  Ball  in 
the   land    that   lieth  to  the  North  of  Column-Byher. 

The  same  land  which  payeth  Tribute  unto  the  land 
of  Bullion,  and  no  Scribe  on  the  Hearall  durst  say  Duffer- 
In-Ball  !  to  James  the  Second,  lest  he  should  Bounce  'em 
and  Shakem  up. 

And  the  mulitude  looked  on  the  Back  Labor  !  all  ye 
Green  People  while  they  builded  the  Raft,  and  some  did 
carry  them  wood  and  water,  and  aided  them  when  they 
were  weary. 

And  the  sound  of  the  hammer  on  the  heads  ot  the  nails 


was  heard  on  the  shores  of  the  River  of  Corruption  while 
the  Raft  was  being  builded. 

And  the  Scribes  and  the  Newspapers  asked  what  are  ye 
doing  and  what  do  ye  want  ? 

And  they  answered  and  said,  We  are  building  a  Raft  on 
which  honest  men  may  work,  and  take  Our  Ship  of  State 
out  of  the  River  of  Corruption  into  clear  waters. 

And  the  Wise  man  on  the  Raft  spake  to  the  Phillistines, 
Hear  ye  re-Publicans-sinners,  ye  De-MickO-Rats, 
Moneycrats-Toadstools,  Hear  my  words,  and  ponder  them 
well. 

The  Back  Labor  !  all  ye  Green  People's  Raft  is  freighted 
with  Truth,  Justice  and  Humanity. 

Our  Raft  carrieth  tools,  which  shall  make  the  Pursuit 
of  Happiness  possible  for  the  People. 

The  tools]shall  confound  the  National  Bank  System 
and  destroy  their  illegal  Tribute,  and  our  Greenbacks  shall 
be  Legal  Tender. 

Our  Greenbacks  shall  not  flood  the  country,  neither  in- 
flate prices,  but  shall  take  the  Manufacturer  and  the  Mer- 
chant and  the  Working  man  out  of  the  hands  of  the  Money 
Changers. 

Our  tools  shall  make  Just  business  a  healthy  thing,  and 
shall  confound  evil  usurers  and  their  Interests,  and  our  Raft 
shall  make  it  of  greater  profit  to  put  money  into  Enterprise 
than  lock  it  in  a  strong-box  as  doth  John  Shirr-Money. 

Our  raft  shall  tow  the  Ship  of  State  into  the  waters 
of  Industry,  trade  and  well  paid  labor,  and  on  its  course  the 
sharks  of  the  river  of  Corruption  shall  be  taken  up  in  nets 
and  the  Poll-lie-Titians  shall  make  their  own  destruction. 


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THE  SAYINGS  OF  NATHAN  THE  WISE. 

Lo,  that  which  decayeth  is   made  ready  to  vanish  away. 

And  the  Law  should  be  a  surety  of  just  things  to  come. 

Put  not  your  confidence  in  Rotten  Reeds,  O  ye  People. 

For  the  Law  holds  not  the  Land  for  the  few,  but  for  the 
many. 

And  the  Just  shall  stand  together,  and  shall  put  away  the 
Bribers  and  the  Corrupt. 

And  now  remaineth  three  immutable  things,  Life,  Labor 
and  Hope.  For  to  Labor  ye  shall  add  Hope,  and  the 
Green,  back  of  Labor,  is  Hope, 


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